Serving the Animals and their friends in Los Ayalas, Rincon de Guayabitos and La Peñita

 

 

Wish List

New wish list from Operating Room

Sterile SURGICAL Gloves (not the Mexican kind) size
6.5, 7 and 7.5.  Sizes are individually labelled. These are SURGICAL GLOVES -not the type you buy at the local Costco - the type you swipe from your local hospital!!

Size 15 surgical blades

Vitamen K

Sutures, 3.0 getting low
 2.0
 1.0
 0
Must be the absorbable type, ie polysorb, vicryl

A couple good halogen headlamps
4 x 4's (individually wrapped packages of sterile gauze)  we have lots of the small ones left.  We have a whole box of prep gauze
enough for 3 clinics.
WE DO NOT NEED needles, IV's or syringes - we have enough for 10 clinics.
Blue tea towels for the autoclave
Crazy glue type stuff they use in surgery.
TB 1 cc syringes are always needed in postop.
A few more big hemostats

Small cat harnesses as well as the usual supply of collars and leashes are great
Always frontline/advantage for cats and dogs.

Wish List from Auto Clave Centre:

1.  If the plastic bags are to be used for instruments and other sterile supplies, we need at least 2 full boxes. 

2.  If we do not have the plastic bags, we will need at least 4 dozen blue, cotton, non-pilling dish towels or some other like cloth to wrap them in.   These things need to be double wrapped so figure that 4 dozen is actually 2 dozen and that won't go far.  The more we have, the better.

3.  A roll of the blue material Jim got for us this time that gets cut into drapes and wraps.  We can cut our own drapes, it is not necessary to incur the expense of the pre-packaged stuff.

4.  4-6 SPAY hooks.  These come from wherever veterinary supplies are sold.  

5.  We need to find out what kind of gloves the vets will use well before they arrive.   Yolanda uses a size 6.5, the males 7 1/2.  There were some pre-packaged gloves but these did not last the week.  Again, I can wrap them if we need to but there is no sense in doing up what they will not wear.

6.  A small brush that will fit inside the trach tubes with a long handle to clean them out.  Pipe cleaners might also do for this...

7.  2 toothbrushes to clean instruments.

8. 2 masks to use for septic cases.  So far we have been lucky.  The gowns came in very handy to use for cases with ticks and mange.

 

Wish List from Recovery

 

1. Stethoscopes

2. Digital Thermometers

3.   Sheets and Towels

 

GENERAL:

Kennels of ALL sizes, especially large

Collars, Leashes, Muzzles

Flea and Tick Medication

Shampoos

Grooming Supplies